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Dr. Daniel Mears, Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology, has received a two-year grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, entitled “Monitoring and Assessing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Justice Sanctions.”

Dr. Eric Stewart and Dr. Ramiro Martinez (Florida International University) received grant funding from the National Science Foundation for their proposal entitled, “Collaborative Research: Local Context, Latino Growth and Public Attitudes.” The project examines the determinants of public sentiment toward Latinos in the United States. To better understand these processes, Drs. Stewart and Martinez will analyze national survey data on punitive sentiment towards immigrants and Latinos.

The College welcomes parents and students to visit the Hecht House during Parents Weekend, Friday, October 15. Relax and enjoy refreshments in our hospitality suite from 10:00 to 4:00 pm. Take this opportunity to learn about the College’s graduate and undergraduate programs, and variety of student internship opportunities. Meet the College’s faculty, undergraduate and graduate advisors, and other criminiology students and parents. Gather information about student support organizations and programs across campus.

The Russell Sage Foundation has awarded a research grant to Dr. Brian Stults and Dr. John Logan (Brown University) for their project entitled US 2010: America after the First Decade of the New Century. This project continues the Russell Sage Foundation’s long tradition of funding the analysis of key trends in American society every decade using statistical information from the decennial census. Stults and Logan improve on that tradition by building on the strengths of two very different projects.

Eric Baumer, Allen E. Liska Professor of Criminology, received a two year grant from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled “A Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Sex, Race, and Ethnic Disparities in the Probability of Incarceration.” The accumulated social science evidence suggests that black and Hispanic convicted defendants tend to be significantly more likely than white defendants to receive a sentence of imprisonment, and that convicted females are significantly less likely to be sentenced to prison than males.

The Law and Social Sciences Program of the National Science Foundation has awarded Dr. Vanessa Baker an 18 month grant to study how immigrants have been caught up in conflicts over national identity and global integration in Europe.  It examines how immigrants are integrated differently through labor, politics, and social life in Sweden, France, and the UK and how these differences are manifest in each country’s criminal justice system. The project asks three asks interrelated research questions:

The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) recently announced the 2009 Winners of the Prevention for a Safer Society (PASS) awards. The awards are made annually to honor and recognize professionals who cover issues and highlight solutions to criminal justice, juvenile justice and child welfare problems. Dr. Vanessa Barker is the recipient of the 2009 NCCD PASS Award for her recent book entitled; The Politics of Imprisonment: How the Democratic Process Shapes the Way America Punishes Offenders (Oxford University Press 2009).

In fall 2010 the College will begin offering a distance learning undergraduate certificate in Criminology. The certificate program offers non-traditional students such as those currently working in the field of criminal justice, the flexibility to take coursework while balancing a busy schedule that can lead to completion of a bachelor’s degree. Successful completion of the Certificate will satisfy part of the requirements for the bachelor’s degree in criminology and criminal justice for those student interested in continuing beyond the Certificate Program.

The College has extended the 2010-11 deadline for submission of scholarship applications until September 8, 2010. Students can fill out the form online or stop by the Student Services Office, 209 Hecht, to fill out an application. Scholarship award announcements are expected to be made in mid-October and will be retroactive to the beginning of the fall semester.

Eric Baumer, Allen E. Liska Professor of Criminology, received a National Institute of Justice Grant to conduct a research project titled “Assessing the Link between Foreclosure and Crime Rates: A Multi-level Analysis of Neighborhoods across Cities and Metropolitan Areas.”